Like I said above, fire is not made of hot stuff, water is not made of wet stuff, etc. The ‘atoms’ that make up our subjective reality would not themselves be in motion or be conscious. But yes, consciousness is odd sort of ‘illusion’ in that it creates a subjective reality. Would it make sense to think of levels of reality, with some being ‘more real’ than others? Or maybe we can think of certain levels being ‘dependent’ on lower / more fundamental levels? Consciousness would then be located at a very high level, far from the ‘foundation’. (Which is part of why I am an atheist.)
Like I said above, fire is not made of hot stuff, water is not made of wet stuff, etc. The ‘atoms’ that make up our subjective reality would not themselves be in motion or be conscious. But yes, consciousness is odd sort of ‘illusion’ in that it creates a subjective reality. Would it make sense to think of levels of reality, with some being ‘more real’ than others? Or maybe we can think of certain levels being ‘dependent’ on lower / more fundamental levels? Consciousness would then be located at a very high level, far from the ‘foundation’. (Which is part of why I am an atheist.)